A complex man Review ofBruce Chatwin - Nicholas Shakespeareby
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Advantages: Brilliant portrait, detailed, sympathetic but honest Disadvantages: Can be heavygoing in places
Bruce Chatwin was one of the UK's most extraordinary writers of the post-war years and, as the reviewers of this biography have stated, he was also something of an enigma.
He had worked as an art expert and studied archaeology before turning his hand to journalism and both fiction and non-fiction works - like In Patagonia and The Songlines. But his books defied description - the lazy would call it travel writing but Chatwin was keen to explore much ...
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